Bummed that Grand Theft Auto IV isn't yet available for the PC? Until it comes out in October you could always watch some other jackass play on his Xbox 360 via the magic of streaming video.
April 2008
Watch GTA IV Live - Ustream.com
NeuroPod: 23 April 2008
In this episode, we take a chance to find out about risky decision-making, liken working memory to a digital camera, link stress and anxiety to genetics and explore the unfathomable world of the teenage brain.
TEDTalks : An inside tour of the world's biggest supercollider - Brian Cox (2008)
"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.
BG 069: Every Generation Creates the Dharma Anew
The Round Table Geeks continue their exploration of Whitney Joiner's article, "Dive-bar Dharma". In a flurry of paradox, perspectives, humor, and exploration they tackle questions of integrating dharma into life, the Buddhist secular movements, contemplative practices in other traditions, and the historical and sociological dimensions of Dharma's spread to the West. We hope you enjoy this dynamic and fun conversation between fellow Buddhist geeks.
This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Dive-bar Dharma: Making it Fresh or Sensationalizing it?.
THE UNIVERSE STORY PART 1--PAULINE LE BEL
THE UNIVERSE STORY PART 1--PAULINE LE BEL
In front of a live audience at the Whidbey Institute pauline performs her musical-poetic participatory version of the scientific creation story
From:
seerca0
Views:
171
0
ratings
Time:
04:54
More in
Science & Technology
BG 069: Every Generation Creates the Dharma Anew
The Round Table Geeks continue their exploration of Whitney Joiner's article, "Dive-bar Dharma". In a flurry of paradox, perspectives, humor, and exploration they tackle questions of integrating dharma into life, the Buddhist secular movements, contemplative practices in other traditions, and the historical and sociological dimensions of Dharma's spread to the West. We hope you enjoy this dynamic and fun conversation between fellow Buddhist geeks.This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Dive-bar Dharma: Making it Fresh or Sensationalizing it?.
You Are the River
Ken Wilber, the leading voice in the integral movement and founder of Integral Institute, was interviewed by Salon about his work and that interview, “You Are the River“, graces the site’s main page today. Ken has worked with tremendous insight and love to craft the finest maps of our experiences and his integral framework is a tremendous treasure. The interview has been linked to throughout the integral community today and is a nice introduction to Ken and and his integral philosophy.
In the interview Ken touches on the limitations of scientific materialism, the absurdities of the new age movement, the relationships the founders of quantum mechanics had with mysticism, human development, and facing death. Ken, as always, presents his work with a rare humility and eloquence.
Ken Wilber may be the most important living philosopher you’ve never heard of. He’s written dozens of books but you’d be hard-pressed to find his name in a mainstream magazine. Still, Wilber has a passionate — almost cultlike — following in certain circles, as well as some famous fans. Bill Clinton and Al Gore have praised Wilber’s books. Deepak Chopra calls him “one of the most important pioneers in the field of consciousness.” And the Wachowski Brothers asked Wilber, along with Cornel West, to record the commentary for the DVDs of their “Matrix” movies.
…
You’ve written that many of the great 20th century physicists — Einstein, Bohr, Planck, Heisenberg — were actually mystics, even though none of them thought science had any connection to religion.
I wouldn’t say it quite that strongly. What happened is they investigated the physical realm so intensely in looking for answers, and when they didn’t find these answers, they became metaphysical. I collected the writings of the 13 major founders of quantum mechanics. They were saying physics has been used since time immemorial to both prove and disprove God. Both views are fundamentally misguided. These physicists became deep mystics not because of physics, but because of the limitations of physics.
So understanding that physics can only go so far — that there are many things it can’t explain — is ultimately a mystical position?
That’s correct. These are brilliant writings. They’re really quite extraordinary. Not many people realize that Erwin Schrödinger, the founder of quantum mechanics, had a deep satori experience. He found that the position that most matched his own was Vedantic Hinduism — that pure awareness is aware of all objects but cannot itself become an object. It’s the way into the door of realizing ultimate reality. Werner Heisenberg had similar experiences. And Sir Arthur Eddington was probably the most eloquent of the lot. All of them basically said that science neither proves nor disproves emptiness.
…
Does the prospect of dying frighten you?
Not really. What comes up is just thoughts of how much work in the world there is still to do. And with this recent experience — letting me know that Big Mind is what there is — that fundamental fear of dying has basically left. Still, when someone asks if I have a fear of dying, I find myself hesitating. What goes through my mind is positive stuff — friends that I would lose and work that needs to be done.
For more on Ken Wilber and the integral movement, take a look at “Your Four Quadrants“, “The Perspective-Taking You“, “Spiritual Agreement” and “The Integral Vision“.
BLOG: Tami Simon on Integral Naked - Enlightened Business Practices
Enlightened Business Practices. Part 1. The Birth of Sounds True.
The founder of America’s largest producer of spoken-word spiritual material shares the inside story behind the origins of Sounds True, one of the world's leading exemplars of integral business practices....
"In a way, I gave birth to Sounds True, and then over the next decades Sounds True gave birth to me...."
click here for free sample! (right-click to download)
Who: Tami Simon is the founder and president of Sounds True, a multimedia publisher dedicated to "the dissemination of spiritual wisdom" and North America's leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings.
Summary: In this compelling dialogue, Tami Simon and Ken Wilber...
BLOG: Interview with Ken Wilber on Salon.com
There is an interview between Ken and Steve Paulson being featured on Salon.com - be sure to check it out!
Steve Paulson is a Peabody Award winning Wisconsin Public Radio interviewer, and one-half of the acclaimed radio program “To the Best of Our Knowledge,” an audio “magazine of ideas” more than a decade running.
Link.
You are the river: An interview with Ken Wilber
Interviewed by Steve Paulson
The integral philosopher explains the difference between religion, New Age fads and the ultimate reality that traditional science can't touch.
April 28, 2008 | Ken Wilber may be the most important living philosopher you've never heard of. He's written dozens of books but you'd be hard-pressed to find his name in a mainstream magazine. Still, Wilber has...
Recent comments
3 weeks 4 days ago
3 weeks 4 days ago
4 weeks 16 hours ago
4 weeks 1 day ago
4 weeks 2 days ago
4 weeks 6 days ago
5 weeks 3 days ago
5 weeks 4 days ago
6 weeks 1 day ago
6 weeks 5 days ago